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Coincidentally, or not, researchers at Rice University and Tsinghua University have come to essentially the same conclusion as researchers at the A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering — carbon nanotubes can help improve dye-sensitized solar cells and cut their costs. Here’s more detail on the matter from a Rice University news release (linked above): Forests of [...]
Solar cells are awesome, and LEDs are awesome, but what about solar cells that also act like LEDs — double awesome? It seems so, and perhaps most notably, such solar cells also have increased voltage. The purpose of solar cells is to capture as much light as possible and produce power from it. But [...]
The U.S. has just launched a five-year, $125 million alternative energy research project with India, aimed partly at developing biofuels from non-food crops. The biofuel project, funded by the Department of Energy and led by the University of Florida, has the goal of managing climate change and reducing U.S. dependence on petroleum products — and [...]
The first two parts of this series took a closer look at the political changes that occurred here in Germany at the beginning of this still young decade. Last year saw a 180° course correction by the conservative federal government in terms of energy policy. While the nuclear phaseout didn’t happen because of a sudden change of [...]
This is a guest post from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) — enjoy! by Frances White, PNNL, (509) 375-6904 PNNL estimates potential HVAC energy savings for U.S. commercial buildings RICHLAND, Wash. – U.S. commercial building owners could save an average of 38 percent on their heating and cooling bills if they installed a handful [...]
Saturday night, I was having a chat with a friend here in Poland about an electric bike he wants to buy. Of course, I thought that was cool, since I’m super into bikes (including electric bikes). But when he shared this video of the sweet electric bike with me the next day, I thought, [...]
Since December last year, a wave of demonstrations has been taking place in many parts of the Middle East. Rulers have been forced from power and regimes have been brought down. The revolutions have also caused drastic changes in the economy, not only in this region, but all over the globe. How does the [...]
A Small Town in Germany The municipality of Bruchsmühlbach-Miesau consists of typical German small towns and villages. Located in the West German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, this collection of settlements is home to about 10,500 people. What’s not so typical about the town of Miesau is the fact that it’s also home to the “Miesau Army [...]
